Colours of the South Rosso 2023

4 Dec

Colours of the South Rosso 2023
$35, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

This is a blend of montepulciano, aglianico and negroamaro grapes.

Last year’s release was excellent and this release, again, is bang on. This is both ridiculously drinkable – and more-ish – and yet complex at the same time. It almost feels like sleight-of-hand. Pencil, chocolate, red and black cherries and suede leather flavours, all pulled together by silty tannin and mouthwatering acidity. It tastes so good. It finishes with a lovely dryness. It’s a treat of a wine. 94 points.

Colours of the South

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com

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